Replit CRO: AI Has Changed The Summer Job Playbook | Ghazi Masood (Dad of 2)

Ghazi Masood is the Chief Revenue Officer at Replit, where he leads revenue for one of the fastest growing AI coding platforms in the world. He’s also a father of two teenage boys, a husband of nearly 25 years, and a pilot who spends much of his free time flying on nonprofit humanitarian missions.

I reached out to Ghazi after a LinkedIn post he wrote about why teenagers should spend more time building with AI tools instead of defaulting to traditional summer jobs went viral. The post sparked a big reaction, and in this conversation we unpacked the nuance behind it that the internet doesn’t typically allow. We discussed:

• Work-life integration: Why Ghazi believes rigid boundaries create stress and how he blends work, family, travel, and flying.

• Raising teenagers in the AI era: What young people are building with tools like Replit and why this generation has new opportunities.

• Building as a compounding skill: How AI experimentation helps teens develop technical fluency, creativity, problem solving, and entrepreneurial instincts.

• Preparing kids for an uncertain job market: How Ghazi and his wife are helping their sons balance technology, communication, and human-centered skills.

• Marriage through different seasons: What nearly 25 years of marriage has taught Ghazi about partnership, adaptation, and support.

• Flying as service and meditation: How humanitarian flying helps Ghazi serve others while finding a rare sense of peace.

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(00:00) Welcoming Ghazi Masood, CRO of Replit
(02:41) Why work-life integration beats balance
(05:56) Why rigid boundaries can create more stress
(09:18) Building a marriage across distance and seasons
(11:48) Preparing for the college launch
(15:59) How parenting shapes leadership
(17:38) What kids are building with AI
(21:40) Guiding kids through an uncertain career path
(24:05) Why teenagers should start building
(27:00) How tech skills compound over time
(28:57) Why communication still wins
(33:42) The AI debate happening inside schools
(38:34) Flying humanitarian missions with Angel Flight West
(46:24) Lightning round: baby swings, teeth in pockets, and no minivans

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